incense
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Visitors to Oroboro and other elegant stores in New York can get a whiff of incense burning as they browse the racks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Light a candle or a bit of incense.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
"Still, being together with our people again, coming home is such a blessing," she said, as the smell of incense wafted through her house, out towards jasmine trees in bloom.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
As the air filled with the scent of incense and music, L.A. resident Leneta Antoine-Wood held a sign that read “ICE out of Tovaangar,” a reference to the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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